. >> thanks so much, steve. >> ifill: and as early voting begins in colorado monday, 70% of the state's voters have already signed up to vote by mail. >> thank you. >> ifill: you can watch a photo collage of colorado campaign volunteers hard at work, on our tumblr page at newshour.tumblr.com. >> woodruff: in pakistan, a 14- year-old activist remains in intensive care after being shot twice, in the head and neck. today, the nation moved to express its anger after the taliban claimed responsibility. many pakistanis came together in protest today, over the shooting of a young teenage girl, malala yousufzai, by a taliban gunman. >> they don't want a woman, a girl like malala who knows what her rights are. who knows, you know, how to demand that, and who knows that she wants to live with dignity and respect. and i think today we are all gathered here to show our solidarity with malala. we want to tell, send a signal to all taliban that no matter what happens we will not let this country to go down like that. >> ifill: 14-year-old yousufzai had gained attention inside her countrynd bond, writ